The Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, also known as AP6, is an international non-
treaty agreement among
Australia,
India,
Japan, the
People's Republic of China,
South Korea, and the
United States announced
July 28 2005 at an
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum meeting and launched on
January 12 2006 at the Partnership's inaugural Ministerial meeting in
Sydney. Foreign, Environment and Energy Ministers from partner countries agreed to co-operate on development and transfer of technology which enables reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions. Ministers agreed a
Charter, Communique and Work Plan that "outline a ground-breaking new model of private-public taskforcess to address
climate change,
energy security and
air pollution."
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